Splashtop
One vendor's main SplashTop screen (2008)
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| Developer | Splashtop Inc. |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Closed source |
| Initial release | October 30, 2007 |
| Final release | 1.0.5.2(July 14, 2011) |
| Final preview | MeeGo Edition Beta(August 4, 2008) |
| Update method | Manual, via PC vendor |
| Platforms | x86 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Default user interface | Blackbox |
| License | Proprietary software with open-source components |
| Official website | os |
Splashtop (previously known as SplashTop) is a proprietary Linux distribution intended to serve as instant-on environment for personal computers. The original concept of Splashtop was that it was intended to be integrated on a read-only device and shipped with the hardware, rather than installed by the user. It did not prevent the installation of another operating system for dual booting. It was an instant-on commercial Linux distribution targeting PC motherboard vendors and other device manufacturers. The first OEM partner for the original Splashtop was ASUS, and their first joint product was called Express Gate. Later, other computer manufacturers also built Splashtop into certain models and re-branded it under different names. The aspects below detailing these events are retained verbatim from past articles, for historical reference.
It boots in about 5 seconds, thus is marketed as "instant-on." It uses Bootsplash,SquashFS,Blackbox, SCIM, and the Linux kernel 2.6.
Support for Splashtop OS has been withdrawn and downloads of Splashtop OS have been disabled on the Splashtop website.
Splashtop features a graphical user interface, a web browser based on Mozilla Firefox 3.0, a Skype client and a chat client based on Pidgin. It also includes Adobe Flash Player 10.
Splashtop OS (beta) version 0.9.8.1 uses Microsoft Bing as search engine, a Chromium-based web browser with Adobe Flash Player plug-in preinstalled. Existing Windows bookmarks and Wi-Fi settings can be imported from Windows.
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